一场谋杀案使银行家安迪(蒂姆•罗宾斯 Tim Robbins 饰)蒙冤入狱,谋杀妻子及其情人的指控将囚禁他终生。在肖申克监狱的首次现身就让监狱“大哥”瑞德(摩根•弗里曼 Morgan Freeman 饰)对他另眼相看。瑞德帮助他搞到一把石锤和一幅女明星海报,两人渐成患难 之交。很快,安迪在监狱里大显其才,担当监狱图书管理员,并利用自己的金融知识帮助监狱官避税,引起了典狱长的注意,被招致麾下帮助典狱长洗黑钱。偶然一次,他得知一名新入狱的小偷能够作证帮他洗脱谋杀罪。燃起一丝希望的安迪找到了典狱长,希望他能帮自己翻案。阴险伪善的狱长假装答应安迪,背后却派人杀死小偷,让他唯一能合法出狱的希望泯灭。沮丧的安迪并没有绝望,在一个电闪雷鸣的风雨夜,一场暗藏几十年的越狱计划让他自我救赎,重获自由!老朋友瑞德在他的鼓舞和帮助下,也勇敢地奔向自由。
缇娜(伊娃·米兰德 Eva Melander 饰)是一位经验非常丰富的海关官员,她拥有着对于犯罪气息异常敏锐的嗅觉,没有一个心怀鬼胎的人能够轻易逃脱的了她的双眼。某日,缇娜遇见了一个名为沃尔(埃罗·米罗诺夫 Eero Milonoff 饰)的男人,直觉告诉缇娜,这个看上去无比正常的男人,正在隐藏着什么惊天大秘密。
让缇娜感到无法相信的是,自己竟然不可自持的被沃尔所吸引着,当她和沃尔的距离渐渐拉近之时,缇娜震惊的发现,原来沃尔的秘密和自己亦有着千丝万缕的关联。沃尔的存在让她开始意识到,自己有条不紊的一生其实都是谎言,是继续闭上眼睛苟且偷生,还是勇敢的触碰真相,缇娜需要做出她的选择。
Based on one of the major literary texts survived from the Middle Kingdom, the classical period of Egyptian literature, The Eloquent Peasant is a combination of a moralityfolk tale and a poem. The events are set between 2160 and 2025 BC. When the peasant Khun-anup and his donkey stumble upon the lands of the noble Rensi, the peasant’s goods are confiscated and he’s unjustly accused of theft. The peasant petitions Rensi who is so taken by the peasant’s eloquence that he report his astonishing discovery to the king. The king realises the peasant has been wronged but delays judgement so as to he can hear more of his eloquence. The peasant makes a total of nine petitions until finally, his goods are returned.